BALTIMORE – There has been considerable speculation about whether the Orioles will make a major move prior to Friday's trade deadline.
The opinion here is that Baltimore should stand pat.
Executive vice president Dan Duquette and manager Buck...

A little of this and a little of that:
After such a miserable winter, we're due for a nice spring in this region.
And nothing could be finer than a spring warmed by a couple of contending baseball teams.
This region is blessed with a pair of...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Manny Machado had three hits and drove in one run, Wei-Yin Chen pitched three scoreless innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Tuesday.
Machado, who had knee surgery last August, continued his strong...

BALTIMORE (AP) — It was a night when both teams lamented a potentially devastating loss.
The satisfaction the Baltimore Orioles derived from beating the New York Yankees 11-3 Monday was dampened by the possibility that third baseman Manny Machado could...

TORONTO (AP) — Wei-Yin Chen's career-best winning streak came to a close against the only AL East team he's never beaten.
Drew Hutchison came within one out of his second career complete game, Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs and the Toronto...

TORONTO (AP) — Three solo blasts gave Baltimore the major league lead in home runs, and helped the Orioles extend their lead atop the American League East.
Chris Davis homered and Caleb Joseph and Jonathan Schoop went deep back to back as the Orioles...

BALTIMORE - After Baltimore left-hander Wei-Yin Chen put together another dominant performance Friday against Seattle, his thoughts were with his family and friends thousands of miles away in his native Taiwan.
A deadly gas explosion in Kaohsiung...

BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter really couldn’t have asked for a better performance from his pitchers against the Los Angeles Angels. It was his lineup that really struggled, managing just five hits in 13 innings.
Albert Pujols put Los Angeles in front with...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Manny Machado still hasn't played this spring. On Thursday, he'll fly to Los Angeles to see Dr. Neal ElAttrache, his surgeon, to check on his left knee. He'll immediately return to Sarasota.The Baltimore Orioles star third baseman isn't...

With several of the Orioles’ cornerstone players eligible to become free agents after the 2018 season, the dilemma of whether the club should rebuild or reload will linger throughout the offseason. And whether the Orioles can return to respectability...

While the upcoming posting and free agency of two-way Japanese star Shohei Otani is one of the premier developments in baseball, the Orioles might be dipping into a less-publicized international market for reinforcements this offseason.
When executive...

As the Orioles focus on rebuilding their starting rotation this offseason, the club will emphasize adding at least one left-handed starter, a goal that could be difficult given the unremarkable free-agent market for lefty arms.
The Orioles own a club...

The Marlins came into Sunday's game without a quality start from a starting pitcher.
In their first three games, Wei-Yin Chen and Jose Fernandez gave up five runs apiece in losses, and Adam Conley allowed three in an outing aborted after one inning by...

New Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim arrived last month for a brief stay in Southern California on his way to spring training this week. But his welcome to the United States was less about sunshine and beaches and more about surviving grueling workouts led...

With the player the Orioles called their priority, slugging first baseman Chris Davis, now officially locked up, executive vice president Dan Duquette said the team is still in the market to bolster a pitching staff that regressed in 2015.
“We’re still...

The Orioles hope to have their deal with Chris Davis finalized and announced before a major snowstorm is projected to affect the area this weekend.
Davis’ seven-year, $161 million deal, the largest in Orioles history, is pending a physical. He is...

When the Miami Marlins came away from baseball's winter meetings empty-handed, Michael Hill said that waiting until January can often pay off in the quest to sign free agents and upgrade a roster.
That has proved to be the case as the Marlins unveiled...

Deeming baseball a "bourgeois indulgence for the rich," Mao Zedong, China's longtime communist leader, banned the game in 1966 during his Cultural Revolution.
Fifty years later, even as the popularity of other Western sports such as basketball booms in...

Before anyone bemoans the departure of free agent Wei-Yin Chen as another example of the Orioles' unwillingness to spend big money to build a championship team, consider this:
The Miami Marlins not only gave Chen more guaranteed money (a reported $80...